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Ok, here I go again... Swung by a friend of mine at his peddlers cart shop today. He sold me an unused 11pc 1/2" drive Proto socket set for $11. While I was gathering up the sockets he brings out an older vintage socket box and asks if I knew what it was. Nice old None Better 1/2" drive T 1200...

I took a shot at a box lot of various nut drivers in a local online auction. The location was 1.5 hours away so not worth it to drive over and review ahead of auction time. The roll bag looked official US issue but couldn't really tell from the posted Pic. Anyway, won the bid and a few other...

BK, I was looking through a Habitat Restore in Maryland yesterday and found the same box. Had six original sockets still in it. Surprised to remove the top foam piece and find the content insert in pristine shape!

Thanks for posting this Don. I found this set at the third day 75% off everything estate sale that I happened across on my way back from the flea market. I chuckled to myself that all the good stuff would be gone. I was quite surprised to find it, a Penens tool box and a handful of sockets still...

Curious find today at the flea. Cleaned it up some but unbranded. Working end has a recessed spring. Any ideas of the maker. Looks better quality than Taiwanese cheese...measures at 5 1/4"

It's their dang old liquid lunch policy, again!

Interesting find yesterday, I've not seen this design on a Craftsman spinner before.

To accompany my find from post #781, I purchased a Herbrand tool box and have outfitted a S19 speed brace and S-21 T-bar with it. Not seeing this box in the catalogs I'm assuming its likely a late 1960s or 1970s box (before they went to that woodgrain sticker effect). Gonna just label it as a...

Oh, no...the pic didn't show a Kennedy badge so I was presuming Wright due to them doing a lot of military tool boxes in the stated era

That looks like a Wright box from the 2000s era?

Picked this 1964 Kennedy military issue machinist tool box yesterday at a flea market. Complete with original data plate, it's in excellent shape. $30 and I took it home. Now, where or who has the inventory sheets so I can restock her?

Went to an estate sale Friday and grabbed up a cool older toolbox. Discovered a very nice Herbrand 1/2" drive socket set with drivers and accessories inside which made the $35 price tag on the box well worth the purchase! But I believe the sockets are a different time stamp than the ratchet? The...

Brian, Thanks but I think I have three of them on the display boards already! Now, still missing some screwdriver and pliers for those boards so if ya run into any of that let me know. Funny how the Southeast has tons of Thorsen sockets and drivers but I never see the screwdrivers and pliers...

Yep, love that stuff!

So, some of you know we had a little battle with Hurricane Helene in these North Carolina mountains back in September 2024. River flooding took away my 24' enclosed trailer and a huge collection of Thorsen, Billings, Bonney and Husky sets. My shop and garage received 5' of flood water and...

Because I spend too much time out buying tools and not enough loading debris and junk off to the dump...I think Spring may finally be upon us here so yardwork shall begin soon (soon as the estate sales stop...ha ha)

UPDATE- The S-K box is a #6000 Master Mechanics box from 1953. Its either gonna be restocked as a #4053 or a #4066 set depending on what I have in spares! Either way I've got a new home for my midget #4098 1/4 drive set. And, the box had a unicorn #40950 crossbar in it that I can use to help...

After today's estate sale and enroute to buy an item off FB Marketplace, I came across a sign with yard and barn sale. No dates but the signs looked fresh. Surprised to find they started today. Lady remarked to check out the tractors for sale in the barn...where there are tractors, there are...

The whole time I was out in the shop scratching my head witb NB, my Indestro and Thorsen stuff was calling my name...

Yes, that caught my eye too...weirdness!